Media enhancement system

ABSTRACT

Embodiments of the present disclosure relate generally to systems for enhancing a first media item through the addition of a supplemental second media item. A user may provide a request to enhance a selected media item, and in response, an enhancement system retrieves and presents a curated collection of supplemental content to be added to the media, to the user. The user may review the curated collection of supplemental content, for example by providing a tactile input to scroll through the curated collection of content.

CLAIM OF PRIORITY

This application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No.16/116,620, filed on Aug. 29, 2018, which is incorporated herein byreference in its entirety.

TECHNICAL FIELD

Embodiments of the present disclosure relate generally to messagingservices, and more particularly, to systems for augmenting media contentto be distributed in messages.

BACKGROUND

Early forms of text messaging and instant messaging applications werelimited to sending and receiving strings of text. As such applicationsincreased in popularity, and innovations in related fields advanced,features were added to such messaging applications to enable users tosend text as well as media content, such as images.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWINGS

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FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an example messaging system forexchanging data (e.g., messages and associated content) over a networkin accordance with some embodiments, wherein the messaging systemincludes a enhancement system.

FIG. 2 is block diagram illustrating further details regarding amessaging system, according to example embodiments.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating various modules of a enhancementsystem, according to certain example embodiments.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a method for augmenting mediacontent, according to certain example embodiments.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a method for augmenting mediacontent, according to certain example embodiments.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating a method for presenting a sample ofmedia content in response to receiving an identification of the mediacontent, according to certain example embodiments.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating a method for presenting content inresponse to receiving an input that selects a graphical icon displayedwithin composite media, according to certain example embodiments.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating a method for adding content to acollection of media items, according to certain example embodiments.

FIG. 9 is an interface diagram depicting a graphical user interface foraugmenting media content, according to certain example embodiments.

FIG. 10 is an interface diagram depicting a graphical user interface foraugmenting media content that comprises a presentation of a collectionof media items, according to certain example embodiments.

FIG. 11 is an interface diagram depicting a graphical user interface togenerate an audio file, according to certain example embodiments.

FIG. 12 is an interface diagram depicting composite media generated byan enhancement system, based on a first media and a second media,according to certain example embodiments.

FIG. 13 is a block diagram illustrating a representative softwarearchitecture, which may be used in conjunction with various hardwarearchitectures herein described and used to implement variousembodiments.

FIG. 14 is a block diagram illustrating components of a machine,according to some example embodiments, able to read instructions from amachine-readable medium (e.g., a machine-readable storage medium) andperform any one or more of the methodologies discussed herein.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

Messaging applications provide interfaces to enable users to communicatewith one another by sharing text as well as various forms of mediacontent, such as pictures and video clips. The system disclosed hereinprovides an enhanced graphical user interface to receive inputs toaugment certain forms of media distributed through a messagingapplication, by enhancing the media with supplementary media contentthat includes audio files. For example, a user may add a media item thatincludes audio, such as a portion of a song or previously generatedrecording, to a picture or video to be distributed via a message. Thedisclosed system may additionally augment the picture or video by addinga graphical icon that represents and identifies the audio added to themedia item.

Embodiments of the present disclosure relate generally to systems forenhancing a first media item through the addition of a supplementalsecond media item. A user may provide a request to enhance a selectedmedia item (e.g., a first media item), and in response, an enhancementsystem retrieves and presents a curated collection of supplementalcontent that may be added to a presentation of the first media item, tothe user. The user may review the curated collection of supplementalcontent, for example by providing a tactile input to scroll through thecurated collection of content. In some embodiments, the curatedcollection of supplemental content may comprise audio files that includesongs, audio recordings, and/or sound clips.

In some embodiments, the enhancement system may automatically curate thecollection of content based on one or more context factors that include:user profile data of the user, temporal considerations (e.g., time ofday, day, month, season), location data, user profile data, as well asattributes of the first media item. For example, in response toreceiving the request to augment the first media item, the enhancementsystem may, in an automated operation, determine one or more contextfactors, and curate the collection of media content based on the contextfactors.

A user may thereby review and select one or more media items from amongthe curated collection based on an input that identifies and selects amedia item. Responsive to receiving an identification of a media itemfrom among the curated collection of supplemental content, the systemretrieves, or generates on the fly, a sample of the identified mediaitem. For example, the sample may comprise a portion of an audiorecording, such as the first 15 seconds. The media enhancement systempresents the sample of the media item to the user within the GUI.

In further embodiments, a user may provide an input to generate theirown media items to be added to the curated collection of supplementalmedia content. In response to receiving the input, the enhancementsystem may present an audio recording interface to enable a user torecord audio data and provide an identifier to label the audio data. Insome embodiments, the enhancement system may further provide a displayof an assortment of audio filters and effects to enable the user tofurther customize the audio data recorded (e.g., speed up, slow down,change pitch, etc.). In response to receiving the recording of the audiodata, the enhancement system may add the recording of the audio data tothe curated collection of supplemental content, to be displayed withinthe graphical user interface.

In response to receiving a selection of the media item (e.g., a secondmedia item) from among the curated collection of supplemental content,the enhancement system generates a composite media item based on thefirst media item and the second media item. For example, the compositemedia item may comprise a presentation of the first media item (e.g., apicture or video), that includes a display of a graphical icon thatrepresents the second media item at a position overlaid upon the firstmedia item. The graphical icon may provide an identification of thesecond media item (e.g., display of a song title, or album artwork froma particular musical album that corresponds with the second media item).

In some embodiments, the graphical icon may be associated with a UniformResource Locator (URL) associated with the second media item. Forexample, the URL may reference a resource such as a website associatedwith the second media item. In response to receiving a selection of thegraphical icon, the enhancement system may present further contentassociated with the second media item (e.g., by navigating a browser tothe URL).

In some embodiments, the user may provide an input to edit or alter thesupplemental media item. For example, in response to receiving theselection of the media item, the enhancement system may present an audioediting interface that comprises a visualization of audio dataassociated with the second media item (e.g., a waveform). In suchembodiments, the user may provide one or more inputs to select portionsof the audio data (e.g., by selecting segments of the waveform, or byidentifying timestamps). In response, the enhancement system alters theselected media data before associating with the first media item.

Upon generating the composite media based on the first media item andthe second media item, the enhancement system may present an interfaceto enable a user to distribute the composite media item to one or moreidentified recipients in a message (e.g., text message, email, ephemeralmessage). Recipients of the message may access and view the compositemedia at a respective client device.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an example messaging system 100 forexchanging data (e.g., messages and associated content) over a network.The messaging system 100 includes multiple client devices 102, each ofwhich hosts a number of applications including a messaging clientapplication 104. Each messaging client application 104 iscommunicatively coupled to other instances of the messaging clientapplication 104 and a messaging server system 108 via a network 106(e.g., the Internet).

Accordingly, each messaging client application 104 is able tocommunicate and exchange data with another messaging client application104 and with the messaging server system 108 via the network 106. Thedata exchanged between messaging client applications 104, and between amessaging client application 104 and the messaging server system 108,includes functions (e.g., commands to invoke functions) as well aspayload data (e.g., text, audio, video or other multimedia data).

The messaging server system 108 provides server-side functionality viathe network 106 to a particular messaging client application 104. Whilecertain functions of the messaging system 100 are described herein asbeing performed by either a messaging client application 104 or by themessaging server system 108, it will be appreciated that the location ofcertain functionality either within the messaging client application 104or the messaging server system 108 is a design choice. For example, itmay be technically preferable to initially deploy certain technology andfunctionality within the messaging server system 108, but to latermigrate this technology and functionality to the messaging clientapplication 104 where a client device 102 has a sufficient processingcapacity.

The messaging server system 108 supports various services and operationsthat are provided to the messaging client application 104. Suchoperations include transmitting data to, receiving data from, andprocessing data generated by the messaging client application 104. Insome embodiments, this data includes, message content, client deviceinformation, geolocation information, media annotation and overlays,message content persistence conditions, social network information, andlive event information, as examples. In other embodiments, other data isused. Data exchanges within the messaging system 100 are invoked andcontrolled through functions available via GUIs of the messaging clientapplication 104.

Turning now specifically to the messaging server system 108, anApplication Program Interface (API) server 110 is coupled to, andprovides a programmatic interface to, an application server 112. Theapplication server 112 is communicatively coupled to a database server118, which facilitates access to a database 120 in which is stored dataassociated with messages processed by the application server 112.

Dealing specifically with the Application Program Interface (API) server110, this server receives and transmits message data (e.g., commands andmessage payloads) between the client device 102 and the applicationserver 112. Specifically, the Application Program Interface (API) server110 provides a set of interfaces (e.g., routines and protocols) that canbe called or queried by the messaging client application 104 in order toinvoke functionality of the application server 112. The ApplicationProgram Interface (API) server 110 exposes various functions supportedby the application server 112, including account registration, loginfunctionality, the sending of messages, via the application server 112,from a particular messaging client application 104 to another messagingclient application 104, the sending of media files (e.g., images orvideo) from a messaging client application 104 to the messaging serverapplication 114, and for possible access by another messaging clientapplication 104, the setting of a collection of media data (e.g.,story), the retrieval of a list of friends of a user of a client device102, the retrieval of such collections, the retrieval of messages andcontent, the adding and deletion of friends to a social graph, thelocation of friends within a social graph, opening and application event(e.g., relating to the messaging client application 104).

The application server 112 hosts a number of applications andsubsystems, including a messaging server application 114, an imageprocessing system 116, a social network system 122, and a enhancementsystem 124. The messaging server application 114 implements a number ofmessage processing technologies and functions, particularly related tothe aggregation and other processing of content (e.g., textual andmultimedia content) included in messages received from multipleinstances of the messaging client application 104. As will be describedin further detail, the text and media content from multiple sources maybe aggregated into collections of content (e.g., called stories,galleries, or collections). These collections are then made available,by the messaging server application 114, to the messaging clientapplication 104. Other processor and memory intensive processing of datamay also be performed server-side by the messaging server application114, in view of the hardware requirements for such processing.

The application server 112 also includes an image processing system 116that is dedicated to performing various image processing operations,typically with respect to images or video received within the payload ofa message at the messaging server application 114.

The social network system 122 supports various social networkingfunctions services, and makes these functions and services available tothe messaging server application 114. To this end, the social networksystem 122 maintains and accesses an entity graph 304 within thedatabase 120. Examples of functions and services supported by the socialnetwork system 122 include the identification of other users of themessaging system 100 with which a particular user has relationships oris “following,” and also the identification of other entities andinterests of a particular user.

The application server 112 is communicatively coupled to a databaseserver 118, which facilitates access to a database 120 in which isstored data associated with messages processed by the messaging serverapplication 114.

FIG. 2 is block diagram illustrating further details regarding themessaging system 100, according to example embodiments. Specifically,the messaging system 100 is shown to comprise the messaging clientapplication 104 and the application server 112, which in turn embody anumber of some subsystems, namely an ephemeral timer system 202, acollection management system 204 and an annotation system 206.

The ephemeral timer system 202 is responsible for enforcing thetemporary access to content permitted by the messaging clientapplication 104 and the messaging server application 114. To this end,the ephemeral timer system 202 incorporates a number of timers that,based on duration and display parameters associated with a message,collection of messages (e.g., a SNAPCHAT story), or graphical element,selectively display and enable access to messages and associated contentvia the messaging client application 104. Further details regarding theoperation of the ephemeral timer system 202 are provided below.

The collection management system 204 is responsible for managingcollections of media (e.g., collections of text, image video and audiodata). In some examples, a collection of content (e.g., messages,including images, video, text and audio) may be organized into an “eventgallery” or an “event story.” Such a collection may be made availablefor a specified time period, such as the duration of an event to whichthe content relates. For example, content relating to a music concertmay be made available as a “story” for the duration of that musicconcert. The collection management system 204 may also be responsiblefor publishing an icon that provides notification of the existence of aparticular collection to the user interface of the messaging clientapplication 104.

The collection management system 204 furthermore includes a curationinterface 208 that allows a collection manager to manage and curate aparticular collection of content. For example, the curation interface208 enables an event organizer to curate a collection of contentrelating to a specific event (e.g., delete inappropriate content orredundant messages). Additionally, the collection management system 204employs machine vision (or image recognition technology) and contentrules to automatically curate a content collection. In certainembodiments, compensation may be paid to a user for inclusion of usergenerated content into a collection. In such cases, the curationinterface 208 operates to automatically make payments to such users forthe use of their content.

The annotation system 206 provides various functions that enable a userto annotate or otherwise modify or edit media content associated with amessage. For example, the annotation system 206 provides functionsrelated to the generation and publishing of media overlays for messagesprocessed by the messaging system 100. The annotation system 206operatively supplies a media overlay (e.g., a SNAPCHAT filter) to themessaging client application 104 based on a geolocation of the clientdevice 102. In another example, the annotation system 206 operativelysupplies a media overlay to the messaging client application 104 basedon other information, such as, social network information of the user ofthe client device 102. A media overlay may include audio and visualcontent and visual effects. Examples of audio and visual content includepictures, texts, logos, animations, and sound effects, as well asanimated facial models and image filters. An example of a visual effectincludes color overlaying. The audio and visual content or the visualeffects can be applied to a media content item (e.g., a photo) at theclient device 102. For example, the media overlay including text thatcan be overlaid on top of a photograph generated taken by the clientdevice 102. In another example, the media overlay includes anidentification of a location overlay (e.g., Venice beach), a name of alive event, or a name of a merchant overlay (e.g., Beach Coffee House).In another example, the annotation system 206 uses the geolocation ofthe client device 102 to identify a media overlay that includes the nameof a merchant at the geolocation of the client device 102. The mediaoverlay may include other indicia associated with the merchant. Themedia overlays may be stored in the database 120 and accessed throughthe database server 118.

In one example embodiment, the annotation system 206 provides auser-based publication platform that enables users to select ageolocation on a map, and upload content associated with the selectedgeolocation. The user may also specify circumstances under which aparticular media overlay should be offered to other users. Theannotation system 206 generates a media overlay that includes theuploaded content and associates the uploaded content with the selectedgeolocation.

In another example embodiment, the annotation system 206 provides amerchant-based publication platform that enables merchants to select aparticular media overlay associated with a geolocation via a biddingprocess. For example, the annotation system 206 associates the mediaoverlay of a highest bidding merchant with a corresponding geolocationfor a predefined amount of time

FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating components of the enhancementsystem 124 that configure the enhancement system 124 to: display a firstmedia item that includes an image or video; receive a request to augmentthe first media item, wherein the request comprises a selection of asecond media item that includes audio data; generate a composite mediabased on the first media item and the second media item; and to causedisplay of the composite media within a GUI, according to some exampleembodiments. The enhancement system 124 is shown as including apresentation module 302, a curation module 304, a composition module306, and a presentation communication module 308, all configured tocommunicate with each other (e.g., via a bus, shared memory, or aswitch). Any one or more of these modules may be implemented using oneor more processors 310 (e.g., by configuring such one or more processorsto perform functions described for that module) and hence may includeone or more of the processors 310.

Any one or more of the modules described may be implemented usinghardware alone (e.g., one or more of the processors 310 of a machine) ora combination of hardware and software. For example, any moduledescribed of the enhancement system 124 may physically include anarrangement of one or more of the processors 308 (e.g., a subset of oramong the one or more processors of the machine) configured to performthe operations described herein for that module. As another example, anymodule of the enhancement system 124 may include software, hardware, orboth, that configure an arrangement of one or more processors 310 (e.g.,among the one or more processors of the machine) to perform theoperations described herein for that module. Accordingly, differentmodules of the enhancement system 124 may include and configuredifferent arrangements of such processors 310 or a single arrangement ofsuch processors 310 at different points in time. Moreover, any two ormore modules of the enhancement system 124 may be combined into a singlemodule, and the functions described herein for a single module may besubdivided among multiple modules. Furthermore, according to variousexample embodiments, modules described herein as being implementedwithin a single machine, database, or device may be distributed acrossmultiple machines, databases, or devices.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a method 400 for augmenting mediacontent, according to certain example embodiments. Operations of themethod 400 may be performed by the modules described above with respectto FIG. 3. As shown in FIG. 4, the method 400 includes one or moreoperations 402, 404, 406, and 408.

At operation 402, the presentation module 302 causes display of a firstmedia within a graphical user interface (GUI). A user of a client device102 may provide a request to generate a message that includes the firstmedia. The first media may be selected from a collection of media items,or may be captured and uploaded to the enhancement system 124 (e.g., viaan input device of the client device 102).

For example, a user of the client device 102 may select or capture animage and display the image within the GUI within a message compositioninterface. The message composition interface may for example comprise apresentation of the image, along with a set of enhancement options whichthe user may select to alter or enhance the selected image. In someembodiments, as discussed herein, the enhancement options may include anoption to add audio, such as a song, to the image, such that causingdisplay of the image also simultaneously causes a device to play theaudio that was added to the image.

At operation 404, the communication module 308 receives a request toenhance the first media, wherein the request includes a selection of asecond media (e.g., audio data). For example, the presentation module302 may cause display of a presentation of the first media within a GUI,wherein the presentation of the first media includes a display of a setof enhancement options (e.g., the enhancement options 910 of FIG. 9)overlaid upon the first media. Responsive to receiving a selection ofone or more of the enhancement options, the communication module 308causes the presentation module 302 to display a set of correspondingenhancement options within the GUI (e.g., the audio options 1005 of FIG.10).

For example, the set of enhancement options may include an options toadd audio to an image or video. In response to receiving a selection ofan option that corresponds to adding audio to the image or video, thepresentation module 302 causes display of a collection of media items(i.e., identifiers of songs or audio recordings).

At operation 406, in response to receiving a selection of a second mediafrom among the collection of media items displayed within the GUI, thecomposition module 306 generates a composite media based on the firstmedia and the second media. In some embodiments, the composite media maycomprise a presentation of the first media (e.g., an image or video),that includes a display of a graphical icon overlaid at a position uponthe first media that represents the second media. For example, thegraphical icon may comprise a display of an identifier associated withthe second media, such as a name of an artist, or album artwork.

At operation 408, the presentation module 302 causes display of thecomposite media at a client device, such as the client device 102. Inresponse to causing display of the composite media at a client device,the presentation module 302 may access the second media (i.e., the audiodata), and play the corresponding audio in conjunction with the displayof the composite media.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a method 500 for augmenting mediacontent, according to certain example embodiments. Operations of themethod 500 may be performed by the modules described above with respectto FIG. 3. As shown in FIG. 5, the method 500 includes one or moreoperations 502, 504, and 506. In some embodiments, the method 500 may beperformed as a portion of (e.g., a subroutine) operation 404 of themethod 400.

At operation 502, the curation module 304 curates a collection of mediaitems in response to receiving the request to enhance the first media(operation 404), wherein the curated collection of media items includesat least the second media. In some embodiments, the curation module 304may curate the collection of media items based on one or more contextfactors that includes: user profile data of the requesting user;geolocation data that identifies a location of the user (i.e., thelocation of the client device); temporal data (e.g., that indicates atime, a day, a month, a season, etc.); as well as attributes of thefirst media.

At operation 504, in response to the curation module 304 curating thecollection of media items, the presentation module 302 causes display ofa presentation of the collection of media items within the GUI. In someembodiments, the collection of media items may be displayed as ascrollable list, such that a user may browse or review the collection ofmedia items based on one or more tactile inputs directly into the GUI.At operation 506, a user may then select one of the media items(including the second media item) from among the presentation of thecollection of media items.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating a method 600 for presenting a sampleof media content in response to receiving an identification of the mediacontent, according to certain example embodiments. Operations of themethod 600 may be performed by the modules described above with respectto FIG. 3. As shown in FIG. 6, the method 600 includes one or moreoperations 602 and 604. The method 600 may be performed as a portion(e.g., a subroutine) of operation 506 of the method 500.

At operation 602, the communication module 308 receives anidentification of the second media item from among the curatedcollection of media items displayed within the GUI. For example, theidentification may comprise scrolling the collection of media until thesecond media item is located at a particular position within the GUI, orsimply by selecting the second media item through a tactile input.

At operation 604, in response to the communication module 308 receivingthe identification of the second media item, the composition module 306presents a sampling of the second media item. In some embodiments, thecomposition module 306 may generate the sampling on-the-fly, for exampleby simply playing a portion of the second media item (e.g., the first 15seconds). In further embodiments, the composition module 306 may accessa database 120 to retrieve a sample associated with the selection (i.e.,the second media item).

FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating a method 700 for presenting contentin response to receiving an input that selects a graphical icondisplayed within composite media, according to certain exampleembodiments. Operations of the method 700 may be performed by themodules described above with respect to FIG. 3. As shown in FIG. 7, themethod 700 includes one or more operations 702 and 704.

At operation 702, the communication module 308 receives an input thatselects a graphical icon that represents the second media from apresentation of the composite media. For example, as discussed inoperation 406 of the method 400, and as seen in the illustrative exampledepicted by FIG. 12, the composition module 306 generates a compositemedia based on the first media and the second media, wherein thecomposite media comprises a presentation of the first media thatincludes a graphical icon that represents the second media at a locationwithin the first media.

At operation 706, in response to receiving the input that selects thegraphical icon that represents the second media, the communicationmodule 308 retrieves content associated with the second media anddisplays the content within the GUI.

In some embodiments, the graphical icon may be associated with a URLthat references a resource that comprises additional informationassociated with the second media (e.g., a website that includes a tracklisting, lyrics, purchase information, tour dates, etc.). For example,in response to receiving the selection of the graphical icon, thecommunication module 308 may launch a browser application, and navigatethe browser application to a resource referenced by the URL associatedwith the graphical icon.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating a method 800 for adding content to acollection of media items, according to certain example embodiments.Operations of the method 800 may be performed by the modules describedabove with respect to FIG. 3. As shown in FIG. 8, the method 800includes one or more operations 802, 804, and 806.

At operation 802, the composition module 306 generates an audio filethat comprises audio data and an identifier that identifies the audiofile. For example, at operation 504 of the method 500 the presentationmodule 302 displays a presentation of the collection of media itemswithin the graphical user interface. In some embodiments, thepresentation of the collection of media items may additionally include adisplay of an option to create a new media item to add to thecollection, as seen in the interface diagram 1000 depicted in FIG. 10.Responsive to receiving a selection of the option to create the newmedia item, the presentation module 302 causes display of an audiocreation interface, as depicted in FIG. 11.

At operation 804, responsive to generating the audio file that comprisesthe audio data and the identifier that identifies the audio file, thecuration module 304 adds the audio file to the collection of mediaitems. In some embodiments, the audio file may be accessible by all useraccessing or using the enhancement system 124, while in furtherembodiments, the audio file may only be accessed by a user that recordedthe audio file, or social network connections of the user.

At operation 806, the presentation module 302 presents the identifierthat identifies the audio file among the collection of media itemswithin the GUI.

FIG. 9 is an interface diagram 900 depicting a GUI 905 displayed on aclient device 102, for enhancing media content, according to certainexample embodiments. As seen in the interface diagram 900, the GUI 905for enhancing media content comprises a presentation of a first media920 (e.g., an image or video), wherein the presentation includes adisplay of a set of enhancement options 910.

In some embodiments, the presentation module 302 of the enhancementsystem 124 causes display of the first media 920 within the GUI 905 inresponse to receiving a request from the client device 102. For example,the request may include a request to generate a message that comprises aselection of the first media 920. In response to causing display of thefirst media 920, the presentation module 302 may additionally generateand display the set of enhancement options 910 within the GUI 905. Theenhancement options 910 may for example comprises a set of tools that auser may use to enhance or modify the first media 920.

A user may provide an input selecting an enhancement option from amongthe set of enhancement options 910, and in response, the presentationmodule 302 of the enhancement system 124 generates and causes display ofa collection of media items (e.g., the collection of media items 1010 ofFIG. 10).

In some embodiments, in response to detecting an identification of anenhancement option from among the set of enhancement options 910, thepresentation module 302 may cause display of an informational icon 915that provides additional information about the enhancement optionselected.

As an illustrative example, the first media 905 may comprise an image,and the enhancement option may include an option to add music to theimage, such that display of the image results in the music being played.

FIG. 10 is an interface diagram 1000 depicting a GUI 1005 for enhancingmedia content, according to certain example embodiments. As seen theinterface diagram 1000, the GUI 1005 comprises a presentation of acollection of media content 1010. For example, as discussed in themethod 400 of FIG. 4, and the method 500 of FIG. 5, the presentationmodule 302 causes display of the collection of media content 1010 inresponse to receiving a request to enhance an image or video.

As seen in the interface diagram 1000, the collection of media content1010 comprises a set of audio files that each have correspondingidentification information. The identification information may forexample include a title, an artist, album art work, as well as a visualrepresentation of the audio (e.g., a waveform 1020). The collection ofmedia content 1010 may be presented as a scrollable list, such that auser may scroll through the collection of media content 1010 to identifyone or more media items.

In some embodiments, as discussed in the method 800 of FIG. 8, a usermay record their own audio to be added to the collection of mediacontent 1010. For example, the GUI 1005 may include a graphical icon1025. A user may select the graphical icon 1025, and in response, thepresentation module 302 may generate and cause display of the GUI 1105as seen in the interface diagram 1100 of FIG. 11. Audio recorded by theuser may then be displayed among the collection of media content 1010,in a section 1015 (i.e., “MY SOUNDS”).

In some embodiments, to select a second media item 1030 from among thecollection of media content 1010, a user may scroll the scrollable listuntil an identifier associated with the second media item 1030 isdisplayed at a position 1035 within the GUI 1005. In some embodiments,in response to detecting the identifier of the second media item 1030 atthe position 1035, the presentation module 302 may retrieve and presenta sample of the second media item 1030. Presenting the sample mayinclude playing a portion of an audio file, as well as dynamicallyanimating a waveform 1040 that represents the second media item 1030,based on audio data associated with the sample of the second media item1030.

FIG. 11 is an interface diagram 1100 depicting an interface 1105 torecord audio data, according to certain example embodiments. As seen inFIG. 11, the interface 1105 may be presented at the client device 102 inresponse to receiving a request to record audio data, as discussed inthe method 800 of FIG. 8.

For example, in response to receiving a selection of the graphical icon1025, as presented in FIG. 10, the presentation module 302 may causedisplay of the interface 1105. As seen in FIG. 11, the interface 1105includes a display of an interface element 1120. In some embodiments, torecord audio, a user may provide an input selecting the interface 1120,and in response the communication module 308 may record audio data.

In some embodiments, the presentation module 302 may cause display of avisualization 1110 of the recorded audio data, in response to therecording the audio data. A user may further provide inputs through theinterface elements 1115 to shorten or select sections of the recordedaudio. For example, a user may move positions of the interface elements1115 along the visualization 1110 in order to select a portion of therecorded audio data depicted by the visualization 1110.

FIG. 12 is an interface diagram 1200 depicting a composite media 1205,according to certain example embodiments. As seen in FIG. 12, thecomposite media 1205 comprises a presentation of the first media 920, asseen in FIG. 9, and a graphical icon 120 that represents the secondmedia selected by the user through the interface 1005 (e.g., the secondmedia 1030).

As discussed in the method 700 of FIG. 7, in response to receiving aselection of the graphical icon 1210, the presentation module 302generates and causes display of content 1215, wherein the content 1215is associated with the second media that corresponds with the graphicalicon 1210.

Software Architecture

FIG. 13 is a block diagram illustrating an example software architecture1306, which may be used in conjunction with various hardwarearchitectures herein described. FIG. 13 is a non-limiting example of asoftware architecture and it will be appreciated that many otherarchitectures may be implemented to facilitate the functionalitydescribed herein. The software architecture 1306 may execute on hardwaresuch as the machine 1400 of FIG. 14 that includes, among other things,processors 1404, memory 1414, and I/O components 1418. A representativehardware layer 1352 is illustrated and can represent, for example, themachine 1300 of FIG. 13. The representative hardware layer 1352 includesa processing unit 1354 having associated executable instructions 1304.Executable instructions 1304 represent the executable instructions ofthe software architecture 1306, including implementation of the methods,components and so forth described herein. The hardware layer 1352 alsoincludes memory and/or storage modules memory/storage 1356, which alsohave executable instructions 1304. The hardware layer 1352 may alsocomprise other hardware 1358.

In the example architecture of FIG. 13, the software architecture 1306may be conceptualized as a stack of layers where each layer providesparticular functionality. For example, the software architecture 1306may include layers such as an operating system 1302, libraries 1320,applications 1316 and a presentation layer 1314. Operationally, theapplications 1316 and/or other components within the layers may invokeapplication programming interface (API) API calls 1308 through thesoftware stack and receive a response as in response to the API calls1308. The layers illustrated are representative in nature and not allsoftware architectures have all layers. For example, some mobile orspecial purpose operating systems may not provide aframeworks/middleware 1318, while others may provide such a layer. Othersoftware architectures may include additional or different layers.

The operating system 1302 may manage hardware resources and providecommon services. The operating system 1302 may include, for example, akernel 1322, services 1324 and drivers 1326. The kernel 1322 may act asan abstraction layer between the hardware and the other software layers.For example, the kernel 1322 may be responsible for memory management,processor management (e.g., scheduling), component management,networking, security settings, and so on. The services 1324 may provideother common services for the other software layers. The drivers 1326are responsible for controlling or interfacing with the underlyinghardware. For instance, the drivers 1326 include display drivers, cameradrivers, Bluetooth® drivers, flash memory drivers, serial communicationdrivers (e.g., Universal Serial Bus (USB) drivers), Wi-Fi® drivers,audio drivers, power management drivers, and so forth depending on thehardware configuration.

The libraries 1320 provide a common infrastructure that is used by theapplications 1316 and/or other components and/or layers. The libraries1320 provide functionality that allows other software components toperform tasks in an easier fashion than to interface directly with theunderlying operating system 1302 functionality (e.g., kernel 1322,services 1324 and/or drivers 1326). The libraries 1320 may includesystem libraries 1344 (e.g., C standard library) that may providefunctions such as memory allocation functions, string manipulationfunctions, mathematical functions, and the like. In addition, thelibraries 1320 may include API libraries 1346 such as media libraries(e.g., libraries to support presentation and manipulation of variousmedia format such as MPREG4, H.264, MP3, AAC, AMR, JPG, PNG), graphicslibraries (e.g., an OpenGL framework that may be used to render 2D and3D in a graphic content on a display), database libraries (e.g., SQLitethat may provide various relational database functions), web libraries(e.g., WebKit that may provide web browsing functionality), and thelike. The libraries 1320 may also include a wide variety of otherlibraries 1348 to provide many other APIs to the applications 1316 andother software components/modules.

The frameworks/middleware 1318 (also sometimes referred to asmiddleware) provide a higher-level common infrastructure that may beused by the applications 1316 and/or other software components/modules.For example, the frameworks/middleware 1318 may provide various graphicuser interface (GUI) functions, high-level resource management,high-level location services, and so forth. The frameworks/middleware1318 may provide a broad spectrum of other APIs that may be utilized bythe applications 1316 and/or other software components/modules, some ofwhich may be specific to a particular operating system 1302 or platform.

The applications 1316 include built-in applications 1338 and/orthird-party applications 1340. Examples of representative built-inapplications 1338 may include, but are not limited to, a contactsapplication, a browser application, a book reader application, alocation application, a media application, a messaging application,and/or a game application. Third-party applications 1340 may include anapplication developed using the ANDROID™ or IOS™ software developmentkit (SDK) by an entity other than the vendor of the particular platform,and may be mobile software running on a mobile operating system such asIOS™, ANDROID™, WINDOWS® Phone, or other mobile operating systems. Thethird-party applications 1340 may invoke the API calls 1308 provided bythe mobile operating system (such as operating system 1302) tofacilitate functionality described herein.

The applications 1316 may use built in operating system functions (e.g.,kernel 1322, services 1324 and/or drivers 1326), libraries 1320, andframeworks/middleware 1318 to create user interfaces to interact withusers of the system. Alternatively, or additionally, in some systemsinteractions with a user may occur through a presentation layer, such aspresentation layer 1314. In these systems, the application/component“logic” can be separated from the aspects of the application/componentthat interact with a user.

FIG. 14 is a block diagram illustrating components of a machine 1400,according to some example embodiments, able to read instructions from amachine-readable medium (e.g., a machine-readable storage medium) andperform any one or more of the methodologies discussed herein.Specifically, FIG. 14 shows a diagrammatic representation of the machine1400 in the example form of a computer system, within which instructions1410 (e.g., software, a program, an application, an applet, an app, orother executable code) for causing the machine 1400 to perform any oneor more of the methodologies discussed herein may be executed. As such,the instructions 1410 may be used to implement modules or componentsdescribed herein. The instructions 1410 transform the general,non-programmed machine 1400 into a particular machine 1400 programmed tocarry out the described and illustrated functions in the mannerdescribed. In alternative embodiments, the machine 1400 operates as astandalone device or may be coupled (e.g., networked) to other machines.In a networked deployment, the machine 1400 may operate in the capacityof a server machine or a client machine in a server-client networkenvironment, or as a peer machine in a peer-to-peer (or distributed)network environment. The machine 1400 may comprise, but not be limitedto, a server computer, a client computer, a personal computer (PC), atablet computer, a laptop computer, a netbook, a set-top box (STB), apersonal digital assistant (PDA), an entertainment media system, acellular telephone, a smart phone, a mobile device, a wearable device(e.g., a smart watch), a smart home device (e.g., a smart appliance),other smart devices, a web appliance, a network router, a networkswitch, a network bridge, or any machine capable of executing theinstructions 1410, sequentially or otherwise, that specify actions to betaken by machine 1400. Further, while only a single machine 1400 isillustrated, the term “machine” shall also be taken to include acollection of machines that individually or jointly execute theinstructions 1410 to perform any one or more of the methodologiesdiscussed herein.

The machine 1400 may include processors 1404, memory memory/storage1406, and I/O components 1418, which may be configured to communicatewith each other such as via a bus 1402. The memory/storage 1406 mayinclude a memory 1414, such as a main memory, or other memory storage,and a storage unit 1416, both accessible to the processors 1404 such asvia the bus 1402. The storage unit 1416 and memory 1414 store theinstructions 1410 embodying any one or more of the methodologies orfunctions described herein. The instructions 1410 may also reside,completely or partially, within the memory 1414, within the storage unit1416, within at least one of the processors 1404 (e.g., within theprocessor's cache memory), or any suitable combination thereof, duringexecution thereof by the machine 1400. Accordingly, the memory 1414, thestorage unit 1416, and the memory of processors 1404 are examples ofmachine-readable media.

The I/O components 1418 may include a wide variety of components toreceive input, provide output, produce output, transmit information,exchange information, capture measurements, and so on. The specific I/Ocomponents 1418 that are included in a particular machine 1400 willdepend on the type of machine. For example, portable machines such asmobile phones will likely include a touch input device or other suchinput mechanisms, while a headless server machine will likely notinclude such a touch input device. It will be appreciated that the I/Ocomponents 1418 may include many other components that are not shown inFIG. 14. The I/O components 1418 are grouped according to functionalitymerely for simplifying the following discussion and the grouping is inno way limiting. In various example embodiments, the I/O components 1418may include output components 1426 and input components 1428. The outputcomponents 1426 may include visual components (e.g., a display such as aplasma display panel (PDP), a light emitting diode (LED) display, aliquid crystal display (LCD), a projector, or a cathode ray tube (CRT)),acoustic components (e.g., speakers), haptic components (e.g., avibratory motor, resistance mechanisms), other signal generators, and soforth. The input components 1428 may include alphanumeric inputcomponents (e.g., a keyboard, a touch screen configured to receivealphanumeric input, a photo-optical keyboard, or other alphanumericinput components), point based input components (e.g., a mouse, atouchpad, a trackball, a joystick, a motion sensor, or other pointinginstrument), tactile input components (e.g., a physical button, a touchscreen that provides location and/or force of touches or touch gestures,or other tactile input components), audio input components (e.g., amicrophone), and the like.

In further example embodiments, the I/O components 1418 may includebiometric components 1430, motion components 1434, environmentalenvironment components 1436, or position components 1438 among a widearray of other components. For example, the biometric components 1430may include components to detect expressions (e.g., hand expressions,facial expressions, vocal expressions, body gestures, or eye tracking),measure biosignals (e.g., blood pressure, heart rate, body temperature,perspiration, or brain waves), identify a person (e.g., voiceidentification, retinal identification, facial identification,fingerprint identification, or electroencephalogram basedidentification), and the like. The motion components 1434 may includeacceleration sensor components (e.g., accelerometer), gravitation sensorcomponents, rotation sensor components (e.g., gyroscope), and so forth.The environment components 1436 may include, for example, illuminationsensor components (e.g., photometer), temperature sensor components(e.g., one or more thermometer that detect ambient temperature),humidity sensor components, pressure sensor components (e.g.,barometer), acoustic sensor components (e.g., one or more microphonesthat detect background noise), proximity sensor components (e.g.,infrared sensors that detect nearby objects), gas sensors (e.g., gasdetection sensors to detection concentrations of hazardous gases forsafety or to measure pollutants in the atmosphere), or other componentsthat may provide indications, measurements, or signals corresponding toa surrounding physical environment. The position components 1438 mayinclude location sensor components (e.g., a Global Position system (GPS)receiver component), altitude sensor components (e.g., altimeters orbarometers that detect air pressure from which altitude may be derived),orientation sensor components (e.g., magnetometers), and the like.

Communication may be implemented using a wide variety of technologies.The I/O components 1418 may include communication components 1440operable to couple the machine 1400 to a network 1432 or devices 1420via coupling 1422 and coupling 1424 respectively. For example, thecommunication components 1440 may include a network interface componentor other suitable device to interface with the network 1432. In furtherexamples, communication components 1440 may include wired communicationcomponents, wireless communication components, cellular communicationcomponents, Near Field Communication (NFC) components, Bluetooth®components (e.g., Bluetooth® Low Energy), Wi-Fi® components, and othercommunication components to provide communication via other modalities.The devices 1420 may be another machine or any of a wide variety ofperipheral devices (e.g., a peripheral device coupled via a UniversalSerial Bus (USB)).

Moreover, the communication components 1440 may detect identifiers orinclude components operable to detect identifiers. For example, thecommunication components 1440 may include Radio Frequency Identification(RFID) tag reader components, NFC smart tag detection components,optical reader components (e.g., an optical sensor to detectone-dimensional bar codes such as Universal Product Code (UPC) bar code,multi-dimensional bar codes such as Quick Response (QR) code, Azteccode, Data Matrix, Dataglyph, MaxiCode, PDF417, Ultra Code, UCC RSS-2Dbar code, and other optical codes), or acoustic detection components(e.g., microphones to identify tagged audio signals). In addition, avariety of information may be derived via the communication components1440, such as, location via Internet Protocol (IP) geo-location,location via Wi-Fi® signal triangulation, location via detecting a NFCbeacon signal that may indicate a particular location, and so forth.

Glossary

“CARRIER SIGNAL” in this context refers to any intangible medium that iscapable of storing, encoding, or carrying instructions for execution bythe machine, and includes digital or analog communications signals orother intangible medium to facilitate communication of suchinstructions. Instructions may be transmitted or received over thenetwork using a transmission medium via a network interface device andusing any one of a number of well-known transfer protocols.

“CLIENT DEVICE” in this context refers to any machine that interfaces toa communications network to obtain resources from one or more serversystems or other client devices. A client device may be, but is notlimited to, a mobile phone, desktop computer, laptop, portable digitalassistants (PDAs), smart phones, tablets, ultra books, netbooks,laptops, multi-processor systems, microprocessor-based or programmableconsumer electronics, game consoles, set-top boxes, or any othercommunication device that a user may use to access a network.

“COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK” in this context refers to one or more portionsof a network that may be an ad hoc network, an intranet, an extranet, avirtual private network (VPN), a local area network (LAN), a wirelessLAN (WLAN), a wide area network (WAN), a wireless WAN (WWAN), ametropolitan area network (MAN), the Internet, a portion of theInternet, a portion of the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN), aplain old telephone service (POTS) network, a cellular telephonenetwork, a wireless network, a Wi-Fi® network, another type of network,or a combination of two or more such networks. For example, a network ora portion of a network may include a wireless or cellular network andthe coupling may be a Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) connection, aGlobal System for Mobile communications (GSM) connection, or other typeof cellular or wireless coupling. In this example, the coupling mayimplement any of a variety of types of data transfer technology, such asSingle Carrier Radio Transmission Technology (1×RTT), Evolution-DataOptimized (EVDO) technology, General Packet Radio Service (GPRS)technology, Enhanced Data rates for GSM Evolution (EDGE) technology,third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) including 3G, fourthgeneration wireless (4G) networks, Universal Mobile TelecommunicationsSystem (UMTS), High Speed Packet Access (HSPA), WorldwideInteroperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX), Long Term Evolution (LTE)standard, others defined by various standard setting organizations,other long range protocols, or other data transfer technology.

“EMPHEMERAL MESSAGE” in this context refers to a message that isaccessible for a time-limited duration. An ephemeral message may be atext, an image, a video and the like. The access time for the ephemeralmessage may be set by the message sender. Alternatively, the access timemay be a default setting or a setting specified by the recipient.Regardless of the setting technique, the message is transitory.

“MACHINE-READABLE MEDIUM” in this context refers to a component, deviceor other tangible media able to store instructions and data temporarilyor permanently and may include, but is not be limited to, random-accessmemory (RAM), read-only memory (ROM), buffer memory, flash memory,optical media, magnetic media, cache memory, other types of storage(e.g., Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory (EEPROM)) and/or anysuitable combination thereof. The term “machine-readable medium” shouldbe taken to include a single medium or multiple media (e.g., acentralized or distributed database, or associated caches and servers)able to store instructions. The term “machine-readable medium” shallalso be taken to include any medium, or combination of multiple media,that is capable of storing instructions (e.g., code) for execution by amachine, such that the instructions, when executed by one or moreprocessors of the machine, cause the machine to perform any one or moreof the methodologies described herein. Accordingly, a “machine-readablemedium” refers to a single storage apparatus or device, as well as“cloud-based” storage systems or storage networks that include multiplestorage apparatus or devices. The term “machine-readable medium”excludes signals per se.

“COMPONENT” in this context refers to a device, physical entity or logichaving boundaries defined by function or subroutine calls, branchpoints, application program interfaces (APIs), or other technologiesthat provide for the partitioning or modularization of particularprocessing or control functions. Components may be combined via theirinterfaces with other components to carry out a machine process. Acomponent may be a packaged functional hardware unit designed for usewith other components and a part of a program that usually performs aparticular function of related functions. Components may constituteeither software components (e.g., code embodied on a machine-readablemedium) or hardware components. A “hardware component” is a tangibleunit capable of performing certain operations and may be configured orarranged in a certain physical manner. In various example embodiments,one or more computer systems (e.g., a standalone computer system, aclient computer system, or a server computer system) or one or morehardware components of a computer system (e.g., a processor or a groupof processors) may be configured by software (e.g., an application orapplication portion) as a hardware component that operates to performcertain operations as described herein. A hardware component may also beimplemented mechanically, electronically, or any suitable combinationthereof. For example, a hardware component may include dedicatedcircuitry or logic that is permanently configured to perform certainoperations. A hardware component may be a special-purpose processor,such as a Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) or an ApplicationSpecific Integrated Circuit (ASIC). A hardware component may alsoinclude programmable logic or circuitry that is temporarily configuredby software to perform certain operations. For example, a hardwarecomponent may include software executed by a general-purpose processoror other programmable processor. Once configured by such software,hardware components become specific machines (or specific components ofa machine) uniquely tailored to perform the configured functions and areno longer general-purpose processors. It will be appreciated that thedecision to implement a hardware component mechanically, in dedicatedand permanently configured circuitry, or in temporarily configuredcircuitry (e.g., configured by software) may be driven by cost and timeconsiderations. Accordingly, the phrase “hardware component” (or“hardware-implemented component”) should be understood to encompass atangible entity, be that an entity that is physically constructed,permanently configured (e.g., hardwired), or temporarily configured(e.g., programmed) to operate in a certain manner or to perform certainoperations described herein. Considering embodiments in which hardwarecomponents are temporarily configured (e.g., programmed), each of thehardware components need not be configured or instantiated at any oneinstance in time. For example, where a hardware component comprises ageneral-purpose processor configured by software to become aspecial-purpose processor, the general-purpose processor may beconfigured as respectively different special-purpose processors (e.g.,comprising different hardware components) at different times. Softwareaccordingly configures a particular processor or processors, forexample, to constitute a particular hardware component at one instanceof time and to constitute a different hardware component at a differentinstance of time. Hardware components can provide information to, andreceive information from, other hardware components. Accordingly, thedescribed hardware components may be regarded as being communicativelycoupled. Where multiple hardware components exist contemporaneously,communications may be achieved through signal transmission (e.g., overappropriate circuits and buses) between or among two or more of thehardware components. In embodiments in which multiple hardwarecomponents are configured or instantiated at different times,communications between such hardware components may be achieved, forexample, through the storage and retrieval of information in memorystructures to which the multiple hardware components have access. Forexample, one hardware component may perform an operation and store theoutput of that operation in a memory device to which it iscommunicatively coupled. A further hardware component may then, at alater time, access the memory device to retrieve and process the storedoutput. Hardware components may also initiate communications with inputor output devices, and can operate on a resource (e.g., a collection ofinformation). The various operations of example methods described hereinmay be performed, at least partially, by one or more processors that aretemporarily configured (e.g., by software) or permanently configured toperform the relevant operations. Whether temporarily or permanentlyconfigured, such processors may constitute processor-implementedcomponents that operate to perform one or more operations or functionsdescribed herein. As used herein, “processor-implemented component”refers to a hardware component implemented using one or more processors.Similarly, the methods described herein may be at least partiallyprocessor-implemented, with a particular processor or processors beingan example of hardware. For example, at least some of the operations ofa method may be performed by one or more processors orprocessor-implemented components. Moreover, the one or more processorsmay also operate to support performance of the relevant operations in a“cloud computing” environment or as a “software as a service” (SaaS).For example, at least some of the operations may be performed by a groupof computers (as examples of machines including processors), with theseoperations being accessible via a network (e.g., the Internet) and viaone or more appropriate interfaces (e.g., an Application ProgramInterface (API)). The performance of certain of the operations may bedistributed among the processors, not only residing within a singlemachine, but deployed across a number of machines. In some exampleembodiments, the processors or processor-implemented components may belocated in a single geographic location (e.g., within a homeenvironment, an office environment, or a server farm). In other exampleembodiments, the processors or processor-implemented components may bedistributed across a number of geographic locations.

“PROCESSOR” in this context refers to any circuit or virtual circuit (aphysical circuit emulated by logic executing on an actual processor)that manipulates data values according to control signals (e.g.,“commands”, “op codes”, “machine code”, etc.) and which producescorresponding output signals that are applied to operate a machine. Aprocessor may, for example, be a Central Processing Unit (CPU), aReduced Instruction Set Computing (RISC) processor, a ComplexInstruction Set Computing (CISC) processor, a Graphics Processing Unit(GPU), a Digital Signal Processor (DSP), an Application SpecificIntegrated Circuit (ASIC), a Radio-Frequency Integrated Circuit (RFIC)or any combination thereof. A processor may further be a multi-coreprocessor having two or more independent processors (sometimes referredto as “cores”) that may execute instructions contemporaneously.

“TIMESTAMP” in this context refers to a sequence of characters orencoded information identifying when a certain event occurred, forexample giving date and time of day, sometimes accurate to a smallfraction of a second.

“LIFT” in this context is a measure of the performance of a targetedmodel at predicting or classifying cases as having an enhanced response(with respect to a population as a whole), measured against a randomchoice targeting model.

“PHONEME ALIGNMENT” in this context, a phoneme is a unit of speech thatdifferentiates one word from another. One phoneme may consist of asequence of closure, burst, and aspiration events; or, a dipthong maytransition from a back vowel to a front vowel. A speech signal maytherefore be described not only by what phonemes it contains, but alsothe locations of the phonemes. Phoneme alignment may therefore bedescribed as a “time-alignment” of phonemes in a waveform, in order todetermine an appropriate sequence and location of each phoneme in aspeech signal.

“AUDIO-TO-VISUAL CONVERSION” in this context refers to the conversion ofaudible speech signals into visible speech, wherein the visible speechmay include a mouth shape representative of the audible speech signal.

“TIME DELAYED NEURAL NETWORK (TDNN)” in this context, a TDNN is anartificial neural network architecture whose primary purpose is to workon sequential data. An example would be converting continuous audio intoa stream of classified phoneme labels for speech recognition.

“BI-DIRECTIONAL LONG-SHORT TERM MEMORY (BLS™)” in this context refers toa recurrent neural network (RNN) architecture that remembers values overarbitrary intervals. Stored values are not modified as learningproceeds. RNNs allow forward and backward connections between neurons.BLS™ are well-suited for the classification, processing, and predictionof time series, given time lags of unknown size and duration betweenevents.

What is claimed is:
 1. A system comprising: a memory; and at least onehardware processor coupled to the memory and comprising instructionsthat causes the system to perform operations comprising: causing displayof a first media item within a graphical user interface of a clientdevice, the first media item comprising a set of attributes that includeimage data; accessing location data at the client device; identifying asecond media item from among a collection of media items based on theimage data of the first media item and a contextual factor that includesthe location data from the client device; and causing display of acomposite media item based on the second media item, the composite mediaitem comprising a presentation of the first media item that includes adisplay of a graphical icon that represents the second media item at alocation within the presentation of the first media item.
 2. The systemof claim 1, wherein the contextual factor further includes one or moreof user profile data, and temporal data, and the instructions cause thesystem to perform operations further comprising: presenting thecollection of media items within the graphical user interface; andreceiving an input that selects the second media item from among thecollection of media items via the graphical user interface.
 3. Thesystem of claim 2, wherein the second media item is an audio file thatincludes an identifier that identifies the audio file among thecollection of media items, and wherein the identifying the second mediaitem from among the collection of media items includes: displaying ascrollable list at a position upon the first media item within thegraphical user interface, the scrollable list comprising a set ofidentifiers that include at least the identifier that identifies theaudio file; and receiving an input that selects the identifierassociated with the second media item from among the scrollable list. 4.The system of claim 2, wherein the receiving the input that selects thesecond media from among the collection of media items includes:receiving an identification of the second media from among thecollection of media items; and presenting a sample of the second mediaitem that comprises at least a portion of the second media item inresponse to the receiving the identification of the second media item.5. The system of claim 2, wherein the receiving the input that selectsthe second media item from among the collection of media items furthercomprises: receiving an identification of a portion of an audio file;generating the second media item based on the portion of the audio file.6. The system of claim 1, wherein the identifying the second media itemincludes: recording an audio file; assigning an identifier to the audiofile; generating the second media item based on the audio file and theidentifier; and receiving an input that selects the identifier.
 7. Thesystem of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise: attachingthe composite media item to a message to be delivered from a firstclient device to a second client device.
 8. The system of claim 7,wherein the message includes an ephemeral message.
 9. A methodcomprising causing display of a first media item within a graphical userinterface of a client device, the first media item comprising a set ofattributes that include image data; accessing location data at theclient device; identifying a second media item from among a collectionof media items based on the image data of the first media item and acontextual factor that includes the location data from the clientdevice; and causing display of a composite media item based on thesecond media item, the composite media item comprising a presentation ofthe first media item that includes a display of a graphical icon thatrepresents the second media item at a location within the presentationof the first media item.
 10. The method of claim 9, wherein thecontextual factor further includes one or more of user profile data, andtemporal data, and the method further comprises: presenting thecollection of media items within the graphical user interface; andreceiving an input that selects the second media item from among thecollection of media items via the graphical user interface.
 11. Themethod of claim 10, wherein the second media item is an audio file thatincludes an identifier that identifies the audio file among thecollection of media items, and wherein the identifying the second mediaitem includes: displaying a scrollable list at a position upon the firstmedia item within the graphical user interface, the scrollable listcomprising a set of identifiers that include at least the identifierthat identifies the audio file; and receiving an input that selects theidentifier associated with the second media item from among thescrollable list.
 12. The method of claim 10, wherein the receiving theinput that selects the second media from among the collection of mediaitems includes: receiving an identification of the second media fromamong the collection of media items; and presenting a sample of thesecond media item that comprises at least a portion of the second mediaitem in response to the receiving the identification of the second mediaitem.
 13. The method of claim 10, wherein the receiving the input thatselects the second media item from among the collection of media itemsfurther comprises: receiving an identification of a portion of an audiofile; generating the second media item based on the portion of the audiofile.
 14. The method of claim 9, wherein the identifying the secondmedia item includes: recording an audio file; assigning an identifier tothe audio file; generating the second media item based on the audio fileand the identifier; and receiving an input that selects the identifier.15. The method of claim 9, wherein the method further comprises:attaching the composite media item to a message to be delivered from afirst client device to a second client device.
 16. The method of claim15, wherein the message includes an ephemeral message.
 17. Anon-transitory machine-readable storage medium comprising instructionsthat, when executed by one or more processors of a machine, cause themachine to perform operations comprising: causing display of a firstmedia item within a graphical user interface of a client device, thefirst media item comprising a set of attributes that include image data;accessing location data at the client device; identifying a second mediaitem from among a collection of media items based on the image data ofthe first media item and a contextual factor that includes the locationdata from the client device; and causing display of a composite mediaitem based on the second media item, the composite media item comprisinga presentation of the first media item that includes a display of agraphical icon that represents the second media item at a locationwithin the presentation of the first media item.
 18. The non-transitorymachine-readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein the contextualfactor further includes one or more of user profile data, and temporaldata, and the operations further comprise: presenting the collection ofmedia items within the graphical user interface; and receiving an inputthat selects the second media item from among the collection of mediaitems via the graphical user interface.
 19. The non-transitorymachine-readable storage medium of claim 18, wherein the second mediaitem is an audio file that includes an identifier that identifies theaudio file among the collection of media items, and wherein theidentifying the second media item includes: displaying a scrollable listat a position upon the first media item within the graphical userinterface, the scrollable list comprising a set of identifiers thatinclude at least the identifier that identifies the audio file; andreceiving an input that selects the identifier associated with thesecond media item from among the scrollable list.
 20. The non-transitorymachine-readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein the operationsfurther comprise: attaching the composite media item to a message to bedelivered from a first client device to a second client device.